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Headlines: Man Set On Fire On Pasadena Metro; Andy Dick Arrested In O.C. on Suspicion of Felony Sexual Battery

7:23 AM PDT on May 12, 2022

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Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely.

—A North Carolina man named Rob Greenfield is wearing a suit weighted with 100 pounds of trash around L.A. this month to spread awareness of the 5 pounds of trash the average person creates each day. [ABC]

—Reid Detmers, a 22-year-old rookie for the Angels, pitched a no-hitter on Tuesday night. [ESPN]

—Kendrick Lamar is being accused of stealing the idea for his new video, which finds the rapper transforming into different famous men using deep fake technology, from a New Jersey rapper named AK. [HipHopDX]

—A federal appeals court struck down California's law that prohibits the sale of semiautomatic firearms to anyone under 21 years of age on Wednesday. [CNN]